Diplomats from every NATO nation demanded immediate Russian withdrawal from Georgia in a show of support from the U.S. ally's capital on Monday that made no promise of faster membership in the alliance. ...more

September 16, 2008

European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for invading Georgia face limited options and are likely to choose diplomatic pressure to isolate Moscow at their summit today. ...more

September 1, 2008

Russian troops pulled out of occupied Georgian lands Friday, loosening a chokehold on strategically crucial towns, railroad routes and roadways. ...more

August 23, 2008

Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised. ...more

August 21, 2008

Russia showed the first signs of drawing down some of its troops in Georgia on Tuesday, but its forces bound and blindfolded 21 Georgian soldiers at the Black Sea port of Poti, displaying them along with five seized American Humvees. ...more

August 20, 2008

Georgia's president grudgingly signed a potential truce with Russia on Friday, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country. A stone-faced Condoleezza Rice, standing alongside, said Russian troops must withdraw immediately from their smaller neighbor. ...more

August 16, 2008

The United States has sent mixed signals to the former Soviet state that now finds itself partially occupied by Russian troops. ...more

August 15, 2008

The United States and Poland closed a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile-defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest reaction so far to Russia's military operation in Georgia. ...more

August 15, 2008

Russian troops stepped up their advance into Georgian territory on Monday, attempting to turn back the clock to the days when Moscow held uncontested sway over what it considers its "near abroad," and arousing increasing alarm among Western leaders. ...more

August 12, 2008

First of all, I am a registered Democrat but today not a very proud one. Barack Obama has removed all doubt about being only a Chicago politician as well as an empty suit, this time sending his surrogates, stooges and sock puppets out to criticize Sen. John McCain's military record. Along with the liberal bloggers, General Clark of all people criticized the American war hero on the Sunday talk shows. ...more

July 5, 2008